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Utagawa Hiroshige

Yellow bird and wisteria (Fuji ni kicho), mid-1840s

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
  • Sanoya Kihei, 1717-1875, Japanese, publisher
  • Sanoki, publisher

Title

Yellow bird and wisteria (Fuji ni kicho)

Year

mid-1840s

Medium

Polychrome wood block

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Plate: 34.5 x 7.3 cm (13 9/16 x 2 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Kaze nakute (translates to) When there is no wind shizuka sugitari / fuji no hana (translates to) wisteria blossoms do not stirWisteria means the very end of spring. Butterfly is also a kigo (season word) for spring. The poem alludes to fujinami (wisteria wave), or the peak blossoming season for wisteria. Just as wind whips the waves, so the season brings about the crest of flowering.

Place

Japan

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1235

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Bird and Japanese Wisteria (Fuji ni kotori), 1830's-1840's

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